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Hasina, Labour Party MP niece sentenced in corruption case
The Statesman Siliguri
|December 02, 2025
A court in Bangladesh's capital sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to five years in prison and her niece, British Labour Party lawmaker Tulip Siddiq, to two years in prison Monday for corruption involving a government land project.
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Rabiul Alam, the judge of Dhaka's Special Judge's Court, said Hasina misused her power as prime minister while Siddiq was guilty of corruptly influencing her aunt in helping her mother and two siblings get a land plot in a government project. Siddiq's mother, Sheikh Rehana, was given seven years in prison and was considered the prime participant in the case.
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